Sec. 1. (a) The governing board is the supreme authority in a hospital and is responsible for the management, control, and operation of the hospital. The board has the powers and duties set forth in this chapter. (b) The governing board has the powers granted to boards of nonprofit corporations under IC 23-17, including the […]
Sec. 10. Upon the recommendation of the executive director, a governing board shall do the following: (1) Fix the compensation, including incentives for productivity, of all hospital employees. (2) Adopt personnel and management policies consistent with the governing boards of other hospitals in Indiana. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.1-3-8 part.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
Sec. 11. A governing board may do the following: (1) Adopt an employee benefit program that may include a vacation policy and employee discounts. (2) Authorize expenditure of hospital funds for payment of advertising and placement fees for personnel and physicians. (3) Expend hospital funds in an amount not to exceed one-half percent (0.5%) of […]
Sec. 12. (a) The state board of accounts: (1) shall approve or prescribe the manner in which the hospital records are kept; (2) except as provided in subsection (c), shall audit the records of the hospital; and (3) may approve forms for use by all hospitals or groups of hospitals. (b) The governing board may […]
Sec. 13. (a) The governing board shall establish reasonable charges for patient care and other hospital services for the residents of the county and may provide patient care and other hospital services to nonresidents of the county upon terms and conditions the board establishes by rule. (b) The governing board may give appropriate discounts of […]
Sec. 14. (a) The governing board shall take, hold, disburse, and dispose of, for the benefit of the hospital, all real or personal property or other property that is a part of hospital funds in accordance with this article. (b) The board may accept gifts, devises, bequests, or grants upon the conditions directed by the […]
Sec. 15. The governing board may establish a special fund for patient refunds in an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) if the money is deposited in a checking account in a depository designated for the deposit of money of the hospital and checks are issued by the person designated by the board. […]
Sec. 16. Money in the hospital funds shall be deposited in the manner determined by the governing board. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-12.1-3-14.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.5.
Sec. 17. (a) The governing board may mortgage all or part of an interest in real or personal property owned by the hospital and may enter into a sale and leaseback of hospital property on terms and conditions acceptable to the board. (b) The following property may be disposed of on terms and conditions acceptable […]
Sec. 18. (a) If the board, the county executive, and the county fiscal body determine that the community the hospital serves can best be provided with hospital services through management, enlargement, remodeling, or renovation of the hospital by a nonprofit hospital corporation, the board, the county executive, and the county fiscal body may agree by […]
Sec. 18.5. (a) Notwithstanding any requirement or restriction in this chapter on the transfer of real or personal property of the hospital, this section applies if the board determines to obtain financing for capital improvements through the state authority. (b) The board may convey real or personal property of the hospital by sale or lease […]
Sec. 19. (a) This section applies to a medical care trust board appointed by a county executive to govern a nonexpendable trust fund established under section 17(j) or 18(e) of this chapter. (b) The county executive may adopt an ordinance providing that the medical care trust board is subject to this section. (c) After the […]
Sec. 19.5. (a) This section applies to a county that before 1990 sold its hospital property and established a medical care trust board to hold the proceeds from the sale. (b) As used in this section, “trust board” refers to a medical care trust board established to hold the proceeds from the sale of a […]
Sec. 2. (a) The governing board may purchase, construct, remodel, repair, enlarge, or acquire buildings and real or personal property for hospital purposes, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the board. (b) The governing board may use hospital funds if adequate provision is made for working capital and other known and anticipated hospital needs. [Pre-1993 […]
Sec. 20. (a) As used in this section, “financial institution” has the meaning set forth in IC 5-13-4-10. (b) The board may invest money in the hospital funds within the county or the state as the board determines. The money may be invested in the following: (1) Any account paying interest and subject to withdrawal […]
Sec. 21. (a) The governing board may contract for and purchase, for the protection of the hospital, all types of insurance provided for in the Indiana insurance law in amounts and under terms and conditions the board considers reasonable and necessary. The insurance may include liability or malpractice coverage for the members of the board, […]
Sec. 22. (a) The governing board may lease a part of the hospital buildings if the board determines that the use of the leased premises will aid the hospital in the performance of the hospital’s services. A lease must: (1) be in writing; (2) be for definite periods; and (3) require payment of lease rentals […]
Sec. 23. The governing board may do the following: (1) Permit the hospital to provide services for the mentally disordered under IC 12-29 and may limit the services to short term care. (2) Contract for or establish and maintain a training school for nurses and for paramedical personnel, with a curriculum that conforms to the […]
Sec. 24. (a) The board is a body corporate and politic. In that capacity, the board may do the following: (1) Sue and be sued and plead and be impleaded but all actions against the board must be brought in the circuit or superior courts of the county in which the hospital is located. (2) […]
Sec. 25. If the governing board and the owners of real property needed for hospital purposes cannot agree on the price to be paid for the real property, the board may report the facts to the commissioners who have the power of eminent domain, and condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the county executive and […]
